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Dear Members of the Prapatthi Group : 

I am delighted and priveleged to write about RPS for number of reasons :

(1) This Kavyam is a master piece of Swami Desikan 
Just as Rahasya traya Saaram is the magnum opus for the
understanding of the three great RahasyAs of Sri Vaishnavism . 

I continue to be amazed and thrilled by the greatness of 
the penetrating intellect , poetic skills and the genius of our great
Acharya in the choice of the words , group of words and the 
the extraordinary fluency of thoughts structured along important 
mula granthams so dear to us such as Thiruvaimozhi and Srimadh 
RamayaNam to mention a few. No wonder the other great genius ,
MaNavALa Maamuni saluted Swami Desikan as the Abhiyukthar.

I am least qualified to take on the role of a critic of the works 
of the Sri Sookthis of Swami Desikan . I am only expressing 
the effect they have on me . By association with his Sri Sookthis,
I feel that a portion of my life is well spent amidst all the "chaos" . 

(2) it is very helpful for my Aathma Suddhi , while running around 
chasing the worldly affairs , which all of us have to do as a part
of modern day life and as a part of the drama that we have to take
part in the series called " Udhara Nimmittham Bahu krutha Vesham "
and still keep some "sanity " through links with the works of our
SadAchAryAs . Even here , our compassionate AcharyA has included
slokams in the different paddhathis of RPS to address our worldly
" bheethis ", so very well explained by our Sri Sudarshan in his valued 
postings on Parama Padha ShobhAna . For instance , there are slokAs 
in RanganAtha PaadhukhA Sahasram that can be recited to
gain the blessings of Sri RanganAthA to advance oneself in professional
life, gain succes in educational endeavours and a host of other wishes 
with appropriate sankalpam and japam of these particular slokams .
With appropriate yanthrams drawn in the form of kolams or on
copper plates , one could experience the power of the Slokams ,
which are nothing but manthrams blessed by the Divya Dampathis 
of Srirangam and composed by Swami Desikan in a short portion 
of onegreat night at Srirangam .

(3) Inputs like the one today from Sriman Sudarshan inspires me to share 
what little I know. Even if a few bhakthAs like Sri Sudarshan read 
and get inspired to go after the original works , I feel fulfilled in
my kaimkaryam . 

(4) Finally , Sriman K.G.KrishNan , the son-in-law of 
Uttamoor SwamigaL has indicated his firm interest to
release the English version of RPS that is shaping up as postings 
on our list. Until the Naadha Paddhathi , I posted only the summaries 
of earlier paddhathis and included illustrative slokas from those
Paddhathis.
When I reached the stage of Naadha Paadhathi , I could not resist the
temptation to understand each of the slokams offered by Swami Desikan
like fresh and fragrant lotus blossoms at the sacred feet of the Lord of
Srirangam .
I decided to include the traditional intrepretations of this kavyam from 
the two Acharya paramparais : Uttamoor SwamigaL and Srirangam 
Aandavan . I am pleased to know that great scholars of our SampradhAyam 
such as Vangipuram Navaneetham Sri Vedantha Desikan of Oppiliappan 
Koil and ThevanArviLAgam Sri S. PadmanAbhan 
(the author of the monograph on Parasara Bhattar) and a nephew of the
43rd
Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam would help to edit this manuscript and release it
as one of the publications of VishishtAdhvaitA Research Center in 1997 
or when ever the SaraNyan sees fit to bless this Kaimkaryam . 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam 
Oppiliappan koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 

Thanks to all of you for sharing the experience of this journey to get a small
glimpse of the deep meanings embedded in the MahA Kaavyam , 
Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhA Sahasram .

V.Sadagopan 






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